Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-11
GREAT GUNS.
.,u;.rs, Stirring Stories Of Solid
p'''' Shot, Screaming
Shells,
. BATTLES. Bursting Bombs. Buzzing
Bullets, and Bright
Bayonets.
Cover Them Over.
ny WILL CARLETON.

NY WILL CARLETON.
~ low covor them over with
an E&%>N Deck them with garlands,
ERNA N those brothers OF ours,
nj AGaIM Living 80 silent, by night
H,faS3SsW H nrd by day,
Ht@aH Sleeping the years Of their
|lXV&aSSM manhood away,
4XlNsHyM iii Year. they had marked
TX &MG& for the joys OF the brave,
&NsaS Years they must waste in
HSS M the moldering grave.
82MS$ M All the bright lnurels they
M&M- wnitel to bloom
.@&&AE-W Fell from their hopes when
--3@18&tt-- they fell to the tomb.
s-.ksNs@s@ Give them tho need they
EI1&N&sassN.S hive won in the past,
+hrm the honors their lutufe tofeclsV
nav, the chanlots they won III the s1riie,
! .ue the inurels they lost with their lie.
CHORUS.
Cover them over, yes cover then over
Parent, husband, bfother, aao n5 harooa ~
Crown in your neatos 'hooo
ours, .,,4:r,,1 aorroro
rer the faces that motionless lie,
Mt from the blue of the motloniess SKY.
W.. once decked with the smiles OF the gay,
az now marked with the frown OF decay;
:, that looked friendship and love to your
tbatthe thoughts of affection made known,
pvs YOU have soothed in the hour of despair,
Ieeks YOU have frightened by tenderest care
how they cleaned at the nations first cry,
how they streamed when they bid you
how they glowcd in the battles fierce flame,
how they paled whom the death angel
camel
Chorus
er their hands that nre lying untried,
bssed by the bosom and low by the side,
rds to you, mother, in infancy thrown,
rds to you, father, clasped close to your own /;
nds where YOU, sister, when tired dismayed,
ne for protection and counsel and aid,
nds that you, brothers, in loyalty knew,
nds that you, wife, wrung in bitter adieu.
Iyely the musket and saber they bore,
rds of affection they wrote in their gore.
ching the mantle OF death-darkened night.
Chorus
Fer thoir feet that all weary and torn,
liner bv comrades were tenderly borne,
It that have trodden the fowery ways,
SO bv your own in the old happy days,
IT that have pressed Iifes opening morn,
les Of pleasure and DEATHS poisoned thorn.
ty they rushed to the help of tho right,
nly they stood in the shock of the fight;
or till the bugle Of Gabriel sound,
b they come out of their couch in tho ground.
Chorus
Ter the hearts that have beaten 30 high,
ten with hopes that were doomed but to die,
krts that have burned in the heat of the fray,
rs that have yearned for tho homes far
away,
1t, that beat high in the charge loud tramp,
hrts that low fell in the prison. foul dump.
he they were swelling with courage and will,
they are lying all pulseless and still,
20 they were glowing with friendship and
love,
thor great souls have gone soaring above,
lyely their blood to the nation they gave.
len in her bosom they found them grave.
Chorus
ger the thousands who sleep far away,
Yep whore their friends cannot find them to-
day:
by who in mountains and hillside and dell
st where they wearied, and lie where they
fell.
lily the grass blades creep round their repose,
eotly above them the wild fowret blows,
lhyrs OF freedom fly gently o'erhead,
bispering prayers for the patriot dead.
Ia our minds we'll name them once moro,
' III our hearts we'll cover them DOR,
Fes and lilies and violets blue
|om i'll our souls for the brave and the true.
Chorus
hen the long years havo rolled slowly away,
b. to the dawn of earths funeral day;
len at the arch-angel's trumpet and tread,
BE- up the faces and forms of the dead
hen the great world it's last Judgment awaits,
ben the blue sky shall swing open the gates,
d our long columns march silently through,
st the great Captain for final review,
en from the blood that has flowed for the
night.
bvns shall spring upward, untarnished and
bright
en tho glad ears Of each war- martyred son
buddy shall hear the glad tidings well done,"
bssings for garlands shall cover them over
rent and husband, and brother and lover,
will reward those dead heroes of ours,
cover them over with beautiful flowers.